DISCOUNTER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

discounter

noun

Definition of discounter

as in retailer

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Recent Examples of discounter Spirit, the pioneering discounter, permanently shut down operations on May 2 after failing to secure a federal government bailout. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026 Barneys New York ranks as one of retail’s greatest makeovers — transforming from a menswear discounter in the ’60s into a chic and irreverent enclave for luxury fashion. — David Moin, Footwear News, 11 June 2026 Spirit Airlines, the scrappy discounter that once rattled the industry with cheeky ads and rock-bottom fares, took its final flight after 34 years of upending the business of flying. — Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026 The iconic Florida discounter has been at risk of shutting down. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 But rival Target reported earlier this week another quarterly decline in profits and sales during the critical holiday period as the discounter struggles with its own merchandising missteps and confronts a consumer who is focusing more on essentials. — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026 Sara Barber, senior director of supply chain inventory and returns at Ariat International, described a returns ecosystem that combines software and human decision-making to determine whether a product could be resold in a secondary market, an outlet store or a discounter. — Peter Sadera, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026 The store was an immediate hit, a new idea in retail that combined some of the best department store features – including strong customer experience – with the prices of a discounter. — Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for discounter

Noun

Nancy Trautz-Awot, horticulturist at Burpee, a nursery and online retailer selling flowers, vegetables, fruits, and tree plants and seeds, as well as gardening accessories.

— Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 23 July 2026
Expect other big-box retailers with long browse times — home goods, sporting goods, warehouse clubs — to test similar rooms, particularly ones tied to a membership tier.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Definition of retailer

Noun

Cash payments and explosives After the Machados and Matsumura inherited the property, Chee began expanding his business, aiming to become a major wholesaler and importer of fireworks, prosecutors and others have said.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
Prosecutors say Hammond, who was a pharmacist at Central Pharmacy in Lansing from 2020 to 2024, dispensed and billed a substantial number of female condoms that the pharmacy never received from a wholesaler.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 24 June 2026

Definition of wholesaler

Noun

The nascent distributor Obscured Releasing ultimately picked the movie up earlier this year, and dropped it in select theaters in May.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Neon must have some incredible copyright lawyers, because the distributor is bringing Nirvanna the Band the Show to Hulu beginning on July 24 (and to Disney+ in Canada on August 7).

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 July 2026

Definition of distributor

Noun

Making visual campaigns easier can have practical benefits to a small fashion seller or reseller, reducing the need for more costly and time-consuming traditional photoshoots.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Austria and Algeria’s match is even cheaper on reseller websites.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026

Definition of reseller

Noun

Capacity reached roughly 77 million tons a year by the early 2010s, and for most of the following decade Qatar was the world's largest LNG exporter, a position the United States and Australia now rival.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Its terminals, including those at KFIP, have provided the world’s largest crude exporter with a vital alternative route while helping sustain global supplies and limiting the rise in oil prices.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026